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THE TRIBUNE. < xki. fS VOL. II.--NO. 11. BEAUFORT. S. C., FEBRUARY 2. 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Life and Death. < What 1b life, father? J A battle, my child, ? Where the strongest lance may fail, I Where the wariest eyes may bo beguiled, I And the Btoutest hearts may quail. < Whero the foes are gathered on every hand, i And rest not day or night, And the feeble little ones must stand t In the thickest of tho fight. c What is death, father^ jj Tho rest, my child, j When tho strife and the toil are o'er: ^ The angel of God, who, calm and mild, Says wo need fight no more ; 1 Who, driving away the demon band, ] Bids the din of battle cease ; i Takes banner and spear from our failing hand, 1 And proclaims an eternal peace. 1 Let mo die, father! I tremble and fear tv. .i.m fl.o? aw J IV1U iu lunn roiliuio nunc. J The crown must, bo won for heaven, dear, ' In the battletield of life ; My child, though thy foes are strong and tried, ! Ho loveth the weak and email ; The angels of heaven are on thy side, And God is over all ! i J THE LAWYER DETECTIVE. , * i A CLIENT SAVED. It Wits when I tirst began to practice. \ I was admitted and opened an office in J the village of G. I had but little biiBi- J ness, aud was sitting in my office, trying : to keen comfortable, the clock already pointing to 10:30, when the door opened and the keeper of tho county jail entered. " We have a guest at our house who is quite anxious to see you, and request- 1 ed me to bring you up to bim if you had J not retired." Ti .... A U- c ?;t3 uuv lur to Hie Jttll, BUU WO BOOI1 arrived there. After unlocking tho usual number of iron doors, tho jailer admitted*mo to tho prisoner's cell, and remarked that when I was ready to go ho would come and let mo out. The huge iron door closed with a clang, the bolt wan sprung, aud I was alone with my would-be client. As I had supposed, as soon as tho jailer was out of hearing the prisonor came forward. Ho was a young, gentlema ly-appearing fellow, apparently about twenty-four years of age. Ex tending bis hand to me he said: " I am glad to see you, Mr. , yon are indeed kind to come to me at this untimely hour, but I wanted to talk to some one, and I feel that you will take an interest in my case. 1 have been arrested for the murder of Mr. Richards, the president of the Farmers' bank of K., and for the robbery of the bank. Will you not lend me your assistance ?" I assured him that 1 would do all in my power for him, if he desired to retain me. He suddenly interrupted me by saying: " I beg your pardon, sir, I do wish to retain you to defend me in my trial; c and a trial must of nonrso tnfcn ^ saying which he handed mo iivo double c eagles. a 441 have heard but few of the circumstances of the tragody, aud I fear that ^ there are some things that will appear to be against me, but 1 trust that you I will briug me out all right. Do all you ' can, sir; employ more counsel, if neces- 1 sary, but clear me, for I am innocent." 44 Tell me what you know of the case, a and the circumstances that you think appear against you." j 44Well, I had a quarrel with Mr. Richards last evening, but it did not I last loug. I will toll you the whole story, sir. I am a clerk in the Farmers' d bank of K., of which Mr. Richards was t president. Now, Mr. Richards, you t must understand, has a daughter several i years younger than I am, a lady with e whom I liavo not only become intimate- s ly acquainted, but for whom I have con- fi oeived a strong attachment. Her father j discovered that I was deeply in love t . with Olara Richards, and saw, I presume, that she was not wholly indiffer- c ent to me. Last Sunday I dined at their house by invitation of Mr. Richards, and during the evening I told Olara the t state of my feelings, aud was overjoyed to learn that she reciprocated my love. wa anrroiul fviof t #*iu?i ?? w ?v-v/v* mtnv jl nuuuiu iion. nor iubuur h consent to oar marriage as soon as I c should be able to support a wife. f "I called on Mr. Richards, and bold- a ly t sked his consent to oar engagement, i He was very angry, said I was an impudent fellow, declared I should never I again speak to Clara, and, in short, he insulted me, accusing mo of taking ad- t vantage of his kindness to ingratiate myself into tho heart of his only child. At 1 last, I too got angry, and can hardly remember now what I said?only I know 1 I did not threaten him. At the close of our conversation he left the room, and I i went directly to my room and to bed. 1 In the morning I went, as usual, to the . bank, and as soon as Mr. Richards came t down he took me into his private office, r and said to me that most men would discharge a olerk from their employ un- i der similar circumstances, but he would i keep me, on condition that I would for- e get my presumptuous fancy. 1 " 4 Why,' said he, ' Clara has more for c pin money than your salary/ And then, t aiier lniorming me that I would no f longer be received at his house, he told < me to return to my desk. Nothing on- ? usual occurred during the day until just before wo closed, when we reoeived an nnusually large easli deposit. As I was 1 on the point of leaving the bank Mr. Biohards oalled me and said: < "' Here is a package containing $9,000, I wish yon to take to Mr. Mar- i tin, oashier of the Oity bank of C.; you t # 5au explain to him about our vaults uol jeing auy too securo, and apologize foi joining at such an unseasonable hour ind ask him as a personal favor to me t< receive the funds on deposit. Tako i ecoipt and return in the morning; yoi ;an take the six o'clock train this even '' I took the package containing the nim thousand dollars, aod after receiving some money for my expenses, I started [ arrived at my destination about half <ix o'clock, and went directly to Mr Martin's house, but found that ho hai joue up town, and later was going ti ;ho theater. Whereupon I sought tin principal hotel, thinking I might so? aim there, but was disappointed her< rad there. I walked around where ] ;hought I would be most likely to meel iim, until about half-past nine, nud thei returned to the hotel, took supper, ani engaged a room, to which I went. I sa lown and read the evening paper unti ibout half-past ten, when I started foi Mr. Martin's house. As I came dowi stairs and opened the door, a burly foi low touched mo on the Bhoulder, am whispered : '"I arrest you for the robbery of tin Farmer's bank of K. aud the murder o If- T~> * _1 J_ ? mr. x^iuu'irus. " He then placed the handcuffs on mt ind escorted mo here ; and now I hav< told you all I know of my case, and it ii the truth. My name is Howard Burton [ have no parents." This is the substance of what Howart Burton related to me in his cell in tin iail at C. I had not interrupted hin luring his recital, but had listened at ;entively to every word. I was mucl ntorested in the young man, who was ibout my own age, and who I felt wai nuooent of the horrible crimo witl vliicli he was charged. I remainec vith him until long after midnight, ant ihou, charging him to converse with ur >ne on the subject of the murder, I lefl lim. I kuew nothing of the cireum itaucos of the murder as yet, but 1 bought I would go to K. and learr vhat I coulih On my arrival at K. I went directly tc he bank, and found two or three deicctives there and some of the officers oi he bank. Nothing had been moved ex sept the body of the murdered man. Ele was found lying on the floor, witli lis skull crushed and his throat cul rem ear to ear. Some of the drawee lad been rifled, but aside from this here was nothing to indicate robbery, [here was missing from the safe $9,000, jin rue iocks anoraea 110 evidence ol laving been tampered with. I found hat belief in Barton's guilt was quitr reneral. I stood at the window in tho presilent's office, staring vacantly out, hard it work thinking, when my eye noticed >n the sash of the window of the lawyer's office just across the passageway a ittle scrap of paper with the word paint " written on ir. A euggestive bought flashed through my mind as I miked out of the bank and stepped into ho law office door. I was slightly ac[nainted with its occupant, who welsomed me and invited me to a seat. Ne talked of the frightful occurrence if the previous night for some time, and ,t length I said, rising to go : " So you have been painting a little, tlr. Harris?" " Yes, sir ; did you observo my sign ? Celley, the painter, has a young German working for him who is really an artist, le did all the work here." " When was the painting done ?" I sked. * "Ail clone yesterday?lie careful ol 'our coat." I bade Mr. Harris good day, and eft liis office. I had learned who painted that winlow, which was just what I most wanted o learn, withing asking a leading quesion or letting Mr. Harris know I wn< nterested in Mr. Richard's murder any aoro than ho. I made up my mind te oe the man without a loss of time, and iud out if ho saw Mr. Richards after 'oung Burton left the bank. I went to he paint shop. " Yon painted Mr. Harris* sign and iffioo, did you not?" I asked. " Yes, sir." " Well, what time did you finish up hero 1" " At six o'clock, sir." " Did you paint after dork i" " Yes, sir ; after dark I painted the nitride of tho window, about half-past Ive ; the man in the bank lighted the jas and it shone so brightly that I flushed the window." " Did yon see this man in the bank landle any money ?" The man looked puzzled at this quesion, but answered : " Yes, sir ; I noticed him counting n arge pile. " What kind of a looking man wae le ?" " Well, a kind of good looking man ; t was Mr. Richards. If you don't know lim I wiil describe him to you." I answered that I had seen him, and hen inquired what he did with the. noney. " He made a bundle of it and handed t to a young man, telling him to take t somewhere. I could not hear all he laid. In addition to the bundle, ho gave lim what I judged to bo a few dollars in iliange, and told him to como back in un iiiurimi^. men ino young man went kway. By-and-bye Mr. Richards put mtthe gas, and then I suspended work md went homo." " Did you see Mr. Richards again t" " Yes, I saw him in the cigar store af [ passed." I concluded my examination with the juestion : " Did you know Mr. Richards wat nurdered last night, and the money in ihe bank stolen ?' t The man turned pale, and exclaimed r with much excitement. , " Murdered ! no ; is it bo ? Yo\i don't ) think it was me ? My wife Katlirina i knows I came straight home." i " Oh, no 1" I said ; " I don't think - it was you. Yon must not, however, tell any one yon have talkod to me, cr 3 it may result in your being taken to g court." I was now certain of my ability to - clear my client, as I could prove he was . sent on the mission to C. I next wanted I to find some one who had seen him on j the train, but I knew not where to obtain i the information. Every one was talking 3 of the mnrder, and public feeling was in3 deed bitter against Howard Burton. [ Stories of bis quarrel with Mr. Richards b wore cbcitlated with the usual exaggeral tious, and it seemed to be the unanimous 1 opinion that bo was the cold-blooded t murderer. Still I was hopeful, and re1 turned to C., foeliug confident of my r ultimate success. On my arrival, I held i an interview with young Burton, and - told him the result of my visit to K. I Ho was overjoyed, and expressed himself confident of being acquitted. Re3 turning to my office, I looked up all the f reported cases that bore any resemblance fr* tlin 113 liniwl Tim ) of my client was set down for the next ) morning, at which time I went to the , x jail and accompanied him to the conrt ; ; room, accompanied l>y an nniler sheriff. J Wo found quite a formidable army of ' 1 lawyers of note representing the prosei cution. In additiou to the learned dis- ' 1 trict a.torney, there were two astute - criminal lawy rs who had been retained ' l ?by the bank officers to assist him. The i examination was verv brief, and after j i calling Mr. Richards' servant, and re- ! i ceiving the testimony of the hotel clerk, } I Howard Burton was fully committed to : I answer the charges of murder and rob> berv at tho January term of the court. j t " Can you not think of some one you J - know who saw you on the train from K. [ to C. on tho night of tho murder?" said 1 1 L \ " No, sir; not ono tliat I know; but > perhaps tho conductor will remember j me. He had to change a five dollar bill * f for my fare, and grumbled a little about : that." * " I will see him at once," siid I 8 l startiug to go. j i "Do so, do so," said my client, ex? citedly. " Call to his mind the young i man who had a peu over his ear. I re- B member that on leaving the bank hur- c , riedly I neglected to remove the pen, i : which I frequently carry over my ear, I after the mauner of clerks." i I went directly to the depot, and 1 learned that the couductor I was in v . search of would arrive in about an hour. 11 I waited, all impatience, and upon his x arrival asked him if ho would do me the kindness to walk up to jail and see if he could identify Mr. Burton. He willingly 8 consented, and upon arriving at tho ? | prisoner's cell, I introduced him to my . client. The conductor gazed steadily at 1 T? A. A ? ' 1 "? 11 juuug uurwu u inumeui, am i men snia : " Mr. Burton, bo kind enough to put 6 on your hat." Burton did so, uud again ho looked at s him sharply without a change of eonute- a nance. "Now, sir ; ploasc put your hand in n your waistcoat pocket." I was afraid that tho conductor was . not going to identify him, but as young " Burton put his hand in his waistcoat 11 pooket, the lappol of his coat was drawn c; bjick, revealing upon his breast a Masonic pin, the badge of a Knight Templar. 111 > " I fully identify him as the mau for ^ whom I changed a live dollar bill on c, my train, which left K. at six o'clock w in the evening, and am ready to swear . to it in any court of justice. You see, [ sir," continued the conductor, "we u , learn in our business to remember, and ^ , noticing a pen over this young man's & , ear, I laughingly advised him to take ft] , it down. But what called my attention e. [ principally to him was the fact that ho ^ . wore that Knight Templar's badge." f , I saw that I could prove an alibi, and tj thus undoubtedly clear my client; but e] I I was ambitious to do more. I wanted 0 to arrest and convict tho guilty party. (| The next thing for mo to do was to see j., , the keeper of the eigar store, at which ^ my painter on his way home had seen Mr. Bicbards after six i\ m. on the (j llichfc of t.hn murder. On fclie fnllnannor . , morning I took the train for K., anil on u ; my arrival went directly to tho cigar ft , store, and then spoke to the man behind j, the counter of tllo murder. " Oh," said he, "poor mau, he wa8 in my store about an hour before they jy found him dead." h "Indeed," said I, "did he trade with yon ?" t " Oh, yes, sir; why, he came in here, ^ as I tell you, and bought some cigars i that very night on which he was killed, and stopped a moment to chat with mo. w . Then he looked at his watch, and said ; It is a quarter past six. I must go in and lock up tho bank and go home.' 1 Just then his mau servant came in aud i said : u " ' Mr. Riohards. I have a note from ? I Miss Olara, for yon, sir.' c' i "'Well, Thomas,' said he, 'I sup- ti i pose it is for money; that usually is the p > subject of her perfumed notes to me; a i como into the bank a moment.' a i "In a little while I saw the servant A r?rii t \ ft in fVin rli*?onfio?* M- "UirtUn?1 'n * ' RV1U5 *" 1/1 iUl, IWUUttlU o 13 ; house, and in about an hour aftorward lj ; his mastor was discovered in the bank j dead." tl This from the cigar store keeper. I i did not let him know I was attorney for D the accused, and wan soon turning my a i steps toward the late residenoe of the ^ deoeased. I was admitted by his late i servant Thomas, and was soon conversi ing with Miss Clara, to whom I confided p my relations with Burton. I asked her si vliat time she sent Thomas to tho bank ;he night her father waB murdered. "I did not send aim at all," sho replied, evidently surprised at the question. "Well," said I, "wo ore going to iquit Howard Burton, and to take his place we want to find out who did comuit tho crime. Now, Miss Clara, are pon sure you did not send Thomas to ;he bank the night of the murder ?" "I kuow very well I did not," was aer answer. "Then," I replied, "either the keeper of the cigar store is mistaken, or your servant Thomas is tho murderer of your father." I told her to treat Thomas as usual, ind not to speak of our conversation to my one. After receiving a letter she wished to send to Burton, I took my leparture to C. Immediately on my arrival there I went to my client, and lAMMMMtMUi] U: -11 T l-_ 1 1 1 A/miiiUJJiUUlC'U W 111111 Mil A Illlll ItMirUPU, mil delivered the letter. I took tho iirst real night's rest that night I had since the death of Mr. Richards. I had previously sworn out a warrant for the irrest of Thomas, to be served as soon is the jury should pronounce my client not guilty. Thomas, the servant, was first called. Ee sworo to the quarrel between Mr. Richards and Burton, and that he heard Burton threaten Mr. Richards' life. Notwithstanding I closely cross examined him, I failed to make him contradict limsolf, and when he retired nearly eveiy one in the court room was doubtless certain that Howard Burton was juilty. Tho next witnoss was the hotel jlerk, who testified that Burton came Into the hotel while ho was attending to ;he guests from tho train that arrived in C. at about half-past six o'clock. Then followed the examination of the onuk cashier, who swore tliat the packlgo of 39,000 found on Burton at tho ;ime of his arrest was deposited in his jauk on the afternoon of the murder, kfier calling several other witnesses, vhose testimony was of minor import, ;he prosecution rested. I then followed, aid after a brief opening address, called ;bo painter, who swore to seeing Mr. Richards send Burton on the errand; also o seeing Mr. Richards in the cigar store ifter six o'clock on the eveniug of the murder. When I had finished with him 10 was submitted to u severe crossixaminatiou, in which he acquitted himieif very creditably. Then I called the sonductor who swore to seeing Burton >u the ^rain on tho night of the murder; le also swore that the train left on time ?six o'olock. The cigar store man was icxt examined, who swore to talking vith Mr. Richards at a quarter past six. lso to seeing him leave for the bank pith Thomas. Witnesses were all cross-examined horoughly, but did not contradict tliemelves in any particular. I then closed ay case, and after a few remarks from ho prosecution, the judge charged the ury, who retired, and in fifteen minites returned with a verdict of not ;uilty. As soon as quiet was restored, the heriff approached Thomas, the servant, nd said in a loud voice: " Thomas Healy, I arrest you for the lurder of Mr. Richards!" The excitement in the court caused by liis unlooked-for and sudden proceetlag was most intense. The prisoner was nmediately taken to jail, followed by a rowd that were loud in their expresions of denunciation?the same crowd tint a little before had marked Burton s tho murderer. Well, to finish the story, I have little } add. I was retained by the bank others to prosecute Thomas Healy, and he ras convicted of the crime. Ho probated his innocence almost to the last, ut the night before he was executed he la lo a full confession, stating that he ad determined to rob the bank some veuing whfcn Mr. JRichards iyas there lone. It was Mr. Richards' custom, he splained, to go to the bank in the evenlg, and when he and young Rurton uarreled, lie (Thomas) saw his opporuiity. His determination was strengthlied by hearing Mr. Richards remark 11 the day of the murder, as ho sat at inner, that tliero was an unusually irgo amount ol cash on hand. The note 1 the case was one that Miss Clara had iven him to take to her father some ays before, but Mr. Richards coming ome before Thomas found him, it had ot boon delivered as intended. By the id of this note he had got Mr. Richards 1 the bank, and while he was reading it e strnok him with a stove poker and ion cut his throat. Ho got no money s the reward of his crimes as the vaults ad been locked. Tho night Thomas made his confesion he committed suicide, thus cheatlg tho gallows tree of its just due. Howard Burton was made cashier of lin bank and married Clara Richards 'itliin a year. What Tl.tr.lr The London Times, in oommentiug pou the crimo of Thomas, is good nough to say that it cannot ho called horaeteristically American, for the oxreniely flattering reason that the " disroportion betwoen the means employed nd the end to be attainod is a guarantee gainHt tho recurrence of such attempts, .a the phrase stands, its only intolligile import is that Americans are not kely to take np with the business of estroying passengor ships at sea for hs sake of fraudulent insuranoe, simply ecause it " would not pay " to kill so lany people for so small a sum of money s could ordinarily be secured in this fay. Col. T. B. Mills offers to pay the excuses of sending a regiment of Arkansas State Guards to the Centennial. The War in Cnba. The following report from Havana showB us how terribly the war in Cuba is a carried on: The insurgents have been active for a month. The official reports G mention thirty encounters, and there are i others. On December 12, Chambas was attacked by four hundred Cubans, under t the command of Seralln Sanchez. The ^ garrison, thirty-eight men of the civil guard and volunteers, beat off the assailants a'ter a fierce combat, killing J eight and losing four. At Cienfuegos, the festivities of Christmas evo were interrupted by news that the rebels hod ^ attacked the village of Jagna, near the t city. The military authorities called out voluuteers and firemen, and the captain 1 of tlio port ordered a gunboat on the bay f to furnish transportation. By great ex- $ ertions the troops were landed at four o'clock the uext morning; but by that r time the enemy had sacked the village, a burned part of it, and made off with booty and some prisoners. On Christmas eve, when the inhabitants were engaged in their annual holiday, and it was 1 already dark, the place was unexpectedly 1 invaded by raiders, who emptied the 1 stores aud houses of desired articles. A party of the assailants made a charge on t the castle, hoping to seize the gate be- i fore the alarm spread among the garri- t sou; but they were frustrated by a colored fireman, who reached the gate be- i fore the raiders and closed it. The in- c surgonts sent a volley after liim which \ scarred the gates and walls. Captain a Beltrau, of the Tarragaua regiment, who was accidentally in the village, endeavor- f od to reach the fort, but was killed by a ^ mulatto, who was immediately shot from ^ the fort. Au officer's servant was c wounded, but he escaped. The insur- n gents packed their spoils ou horseback a und retired, carrving with them Don Jose Barquin, his young clerk, and two artillerymen surprised in tbo village. c These persons were subsequently found ? cut to pieces at half a mile from Jagna. The only one who showed then any signs ? of life was Barquin, who is not yet dead, f The inhabitants had fled in all directions, aud only ventured back when the 8 raiders had gone. The latter, it is said, * wore seen to carry off four or five wounded comrades, hurt in the attempt to sur- v prise tho fort. b The French house of Cail Ac Co., of h Paris, has a branch here, and the gov- ? eminent lias called upon it to pay $25,- u 189 iu gold for the first six months of s the fivo per cent, tax on capital. Pay- i1 meut being refused, on the plea that the concern here was only an agency of the o Paris firm, tho authorities caused ma- s chiuery to be seized to the value of k *$44,380 in gold, and had it announced b for sale by auction; but representations -h having meanwhile been made at Madrid, n a cable was received thence ordering all v proceedings against this house to be a suspended until tho minister's instructions could bo received by mail. p J A Barmaid's Fortuue. It is not often that a pretty barmaid w foils into n fortune of ?80,000, as a very o pretty barmaid at the Harp, London, a has just done ; but then probably few ai pretty barmaids deserve such luok as well as this one diu. Three years ago a jy very well known man was Mr. Thomas ^ Alexander Mitchell, member of Parlia- p ment for Bridport and senior member ^ of the firm of Mitchell & Co., of London ^ and ltiga. He had represented Bridport jy for thirty years. His business was ex- V) tremely profitable ; he had accumulated r( a fortune of about ?250,000. He was, however, in the habit of drinking a great deal, and ho liked best to do his drink- . ing at the Harp, where he was served by the pretty Miss Helen. In 1872, to tho _ surprise aud amazement of all his acquaintauces, he' walked off with Miss m Helen one morning and married her. . She made him an excellent wife, and to ^ a creat extent cured him of his intern- . perate passion for diink. Last March, however, Mr. Mitchell was taken ill and ? died. A few days before his death he made a will by which he left ?80,000 to his wife ; gave legacies of ?1,000 each ir to his old servants and acquaintances, provided an annuity of ?100 a year for '' some old ladies, his cousins ; and left "i another ?80,000 in the Arm of which he 01 was the leading partner, on condition n( that it should remain for twenty-five 81 years, and that then his wife should r* have one-half of it, while the other half should be retained by t.ho firm. The ** rest of his property?that is, about ?75,- 8* 000?he bequeathed to the metropolitan board of works, leaving them to do what they like. with it. Mr. Mitchell's relations were greatly displeased when they learned of this will, and they resolved cl to dispute it. Their grounds of dispute P' wore that the will was not properly executed, that it had been obtained by Bt unduo influence, and that the testator R* was not of sound mind when ho made it. The case has just been tried in the pro- * bate division of the high court, and the will has been sustained?it boiug shown that the pleas set up by the relations ai were wholly and absurdly false. 80 the pretty young widow gets her ?80,000 down, and ?40,000 moro in expectancy ; while the board of works comes in for b its ?75,000 or ?80,000. P 01 tl The champion considerate man is he p who, on" being cast ashore at the isles of n Shoals at night found the light-keepers' b hut, and slept, half frozen, just within n, the storm porch till morning, because, fl as he said, " ho supposed the keepers 5 were asloep inside the house, and would n not like to be waked up." g The London Saturday Review says ai that " the farmers and trailers of the d United States are probably superior in g moral and intellectual qualities to the bulk of auy other civilized community." ii Items of Interest. Nevada proposes to punish hoodlums d the whipping-post. The people of western Georgia are [till immigrating to Texas in large num>ers. Dpn't take too much interest in the ifFairs of your neighbors. Six per cent, vill do. A large number of Scandinavians have solonized near Falls City, Washington rerritory. An attempt is being made at Brunsvick, N. C., to raise Angora goats for iheir wool. The total income of the Prince of Wales, from all sources, is about $575,)00. The Prinoess receives, besides, ^50,000. A Montreal physician, asking for the enowal of a note, writes: "We are in i horrible crisis; there is not a sick man n the district." The Boston Journal notes that ' a jopnlar actrcsn, who died recently, left in unprotected husband without visible neans of support." The proprietor of a ropewalk says hat what makes it hard on rope makers s that at least fifty men die daily of natlral causes who ought to be hanged. Pnrshottom Chetty, a wea'thy Madras nerchant, made a wager that he oould Irink twelve wineglasses of ram. He cas intoxicated when he began the feat, ,nd soon after its performanoo he died. A blind beggat in Paris was absent rom his usual position in a doorway Luring the cold weather. In his stead ras a placard with the inscription: "In onsequence of the severe oold I solicit 1ms at home," accompanied by his ddress. Tho Danbury News speaks of a man f that town who, wishing to engage everal bushels of potatoes from a party a the suburbs, asked a neighbor what ort of a man he was. " Well," said be conscientious neighbor, "I don't now very much about the man, but I hould think he would make a tiptop tranger." A young lady of Hardin county, Iowa, rho, merely to show her knowledge of >usiness affairs, drew op and signed a undred-dollar promisory note at a party everal months ago, has just received a otioe from the bank to walk around and ettle it, with interest. She thinks this s carrying a joke too far. Plutarch tells us, in his reply to one >f his own Roman questions, that posibly a good reason for the cnstom of issing was that women were forbidden 3 drink wine, and therefore that those rho did defiantly dare to drink might ot be undiscovered, but oertainly oonicted when they met with an acauaint uce, kissing became a cur torn. A few days ago an undertaker of Irookhaven, Miss., playfully measured . H. Stewart for a ooffin, and asoer- ? iine<l that an eighteen inch box would 0 for him. About eight hours afterard he was astonished to receive notice [ Mr. Stewart'b death and an order for coffin. The ooffin was sent in acoordnCe with the above measurement. The other evening, when a Detroiter ud his wife felt lonesomo, they decided > go over and see an acquaintance and ass an hour away. " An ! I'm glad to 16 you !" exclaimed the acquaintance 1 he opened the door. " Gome right in id take off y lur things. I've got 160 srses of a poem written, and I want to >ad them to you and see what you think f my talent. Tho Missouri State lottery long mainlined itself as a legalized business, beinse it had a contract with the State in hick it agreed to devote a percentage ; its recipts to certain public purposes, his theory has l>een overthrown by ial, and the police of St. Tyouis have sen ordered to stop the sale of tickets l thnt city. Incidentally it me shown ,ot il.? 1^4.4^ ^ at -i H10 AUtbOIJ IU&UO U C1CAT k IU1IL Ul J,000 a month. " Suppose," said a h~*>w-b?aiing Claritla (In.) lawyer te a wi these ho was ying to badg ?r, <>no day .'^oentlv: suppose I shor.ld y?? the; I oonfd ring a dozen m< .1 your town to this >urt room who WOT,ld say thoy would ot believe you on ??tli, what would you ly ?" and calmly thrt witness made nis >plv: " I would say Y?u liod." A gene smile diffused ft**0" ^ over the >urt room, and the unruffled witness -epped down. Diminishing tlrafn Trt4?New York has l<?st nearly oi.e-four& f its pain trade, while other Atlantic arts have gained. This is the startling / ici wnion me report ox jnr. w fuxtcr. atistician of the Produoe Exchange, >ta forth -with clearness. The reoeipts t floor and grain at Montreal, Boston, or tluiul, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and ew Orleans were 68,771,695 bushel oring the first nine months of 1874, id 63,445,031 bushels during the first ine months of 1875. a loss of oyer 26,664 bushels. But at Montreal there as a loss in reoeipt of grain of [666,378 ushels, so that at the five American orts there was a small gain. On the bher hand, reoeipts at New Tork during le first nine months of 1874 were 84,36,049 bushels, and during the first ine months of 1875 only 63,284,201 ushels, a loss of 20,931,848 bushels, or , early one-quarter. In grain, exoluding our, the loss at New York was 19,118,13 bushels during the same period, or lore than one-fourth, for reoeipts of rain in 1874 were 69.100,279' bushels, nd in 1875 only 49,118,518 bushels. But uring the same nine months reoeipts of rain alone at the five American port* 'ere larger than during the oorrespondlg period in 1874 by 4,000,969 bushels.